Corn-planter.



W. W. CAVBNEE.

CORN PLANTBR. APPLIOAT'ION FILED SEPT. 23, 1911.

1,041,021. I Patented 001151912.

v UNITED STATE s PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM w. caverns, or ensnnrmnn, mssocar.

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Specification a Letters latent.

hpplicaticn filed Septe To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. CAVENEE, a cit zen of the United States, Greenfield, in the county of Dade an of Missouri, have invented certain W useful Improvements in which thefollowing erence being had 7 sides in drawings.

My 'invention relates to new and useful I 4 f the class of seeders and planters: and more particularly to a corn planter, and my object is to provide a device of this character wherein im roved meanais provided for the dropping 0 vehicle is Propelled improvements in A further ob ect of the invention resides lever adapted to actupon a member having cooperation with the dropy the corn will be t in providing a trip ping mechanisms,

is propelled.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a bar the seed-drop ing pers, said bar in o eration.

ith these and otherobjectsin view, my features of tion and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafterreferred to and more particularly pointed out in the invention :consists construction,

whereb dropped at regular intervals as the device eing provi arms, one of which has connec spring member and the other adapted coiiperation with the trip lever.

Still another object roviding a tremely simple and durable i thereby readily and cheap and one which is very effective and useful combina is a specification,

to the accompanying having cooperation wit mechanisms of the hopded with a pair of tion with a in the novel specification and claims.

In the accompany part of this application, Figure 1 1s a elevation of the device. view thereof, Fig. 3

shown in section.

my invention, 1 shall tongue bei In cariymg out refer to the drawin erence, characters parts throughout'th which 1 indicates a frame size and, of the usu upon which is rotatably mounted an axle 2,1 saidaxle' having mounted adjacent its ends,

in which similar esignate corresponding e several views and in of any preferred eferred type,

al or any pr the supporting and driv ng wheels 3.

frame 1, is braced by the cross bars 4,

residing at I State Corn-Planters, of

the corn as the of the invention redevice which is exn construction, ly manufactured,

ing drawing forming a Fig, 2 1s a top plan is an end view, the

Patented Oct. 15,1912.

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the forward end thereof is linked or pivotally engaged in an cross beam 5, whic beam extendsforward of the wheels'3 and has mounted thereon, the tongue 6. This to ue has .the extreme rear end thereof exten ed a short distance beyond the 'cross beam 5, the purpose of' which will be hereinafter and more par-' ticularly described, and the same is further supported or braced to said cross beam by means of the bracing frame 7 which isalso supported on the cross beam 5, and thus, the frame 1 may be readily drawn forwardly, when desire Mounted on the cross beam 5 adjacent the I ends thereof, are .the seed boxes or hoppers 8, from the bottoms of which extend the boots 9, said boots being passed through the bifurcated ends of said" cross beam and depending' to a oint a short distance theref below where t ey are mounted on the runners, furrow openers or the like 10. Ex-

. tending longitudinally of the cross beam 5, h 1fs"; 'a'f'bar't'iii'zrod 11, the ends of which are entered in-the seed boxes or hoppers 8 to tical notch or groove 14'to receive therein the downwardly projecting arm 13 of the bar 11, and in order to retain said arms 12 and 13 normally in their vertical positions, a coil spring 15 is 1provided, one end of which is engaged with t e lower end of said arm 13 and the o posite end-of which is enaged with a u or om the rear an of the tongue-6. Thus, it will be seen that the dropping mechanisms of the seed boxes 8 will be retained normally closed and some means must be provided for the dropping of the arm 12 so as to actuate the seed-dropping mechanisms within the seed boxes to feed the corn or other grain therefrom as the device is propelled.

To this end, I provide on the cross beam 5, a pair of vertical supporting arms 17 beween which is rotate the like 16 depending mounted a aft desired manner to t e 1 8, and mounted on said shaft, is a small sprocket wheel 19 over' which extends a sprocket chain 20. Mounted on the axle 2 adjacent one of the wheels 3, is an additional and larger sprocket wheel 21 substantially in alinement' with the sprocket wheel 19 and over which is also extended said chain 20 so that when the sprocket 2l is rotated, the sprocket 19 will also be ,ro-fl 10" Y 1 l8. Mounted. on the shaft 18is atrip lever;

tated and correspondi'ngl yI rotate the/shaft or arm 22, the outer end of which is pro videdwith a. roller 23, and as said shaft 18 is rotated, the arm 22 will be rotated there- '15 with, so that the roller 23'will contact with the upwardly extending'arm 12 on the rod 1 1 and force said arm 13 rearwardly. This 'will cause the rod 11 to turn on its bearings and-actuate the seed+dropping me' chanisms, 2c

and as; soon as the roller-23 is released from as the machine is propelled, the shaft 18 will be rotated to correspondingly cause the dropping mechanisms tobe actuated .atTeg- ,ular intervals, but in order to provide means 301 whereby'the machine may b propelled out 'actuatingthe dropping mechanisms, I

' provide a clutch mechanism 24 on the axle '2 and inconnection with the sprocket 20,

This clutch mechanism is actuated by meansof a lever 25,.and when-it is desiredto allow the machine to be drawn forwardly without dropping the seed from the hoppers, said clutch'is thrown out of-engagement with the f sprocket 20, and vicefversa, when it is de- 1; A planter, comprisinga Wheeled framesired to actuate said droppingmechanisms. '-What I claim is I ;Work, a transversely extending beam connected thereto, seed boxes carried by said 'bfiopiesofthls patent may beobteined for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, I

Washington, D. (3.

beam, a transversely-extending rod mounted 1 upwardly projecting arm of the bar, and a spring connected to the downwardly projecti ig arm specified. r v

'2. A planter, comprising a frame, a :wheel supported axle supporting said frame, seed boxes, means for supporting said boxes, a

transversely extending bar extending from one seed box to the other and operatively connected to the seed dropping mechanism of saidboxes, the bar being formed intermediate ofits endswith'a'n' upwardly projecting arm and ardownwardl'y projecting arm, a spring connected to'the downwardly projecting arm,.wherby to .hold thebar in one posit-ion, vertically extending arms, a transverse shaftjournaled in said arms, a trip lever secured to .said shaft and engageable with the upwardly projecting arm of the bar, for the purpose specified, a sprocket wheel secured to said shaft, a springwheel secured to the axle, and a driving between said sprocket wheels. r

' Iii-testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my connection -WILLIAM w. CAVENEE.

Witnesses:

D. A. Scorr,

' JOHN M. Sco'r'r.

ptropulsion of the planter 1 of the bar, for the purpose.

signature the presence oftwo witnesses. 

